08/01/2025 The Liyanage Lab has received an NIAID R21 award to investigate a novel adjuvant that enhances antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in HIV vaccine development.
08/01/2024 The Liyanage Lab received funding from the NIH Fogarty International Center (FIC) for the project “Understanding the Mechanism of HIV Associated with Diabetic Complications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” This study aims to uncover how HIV and antiretroviral therapy contribute to diabetes and metabolic dysfunction, with a focus on patient cohorts in Sri Lanka.
09.01.2024: Our paper, “Synergy Between NK Cells and Monocytes in Potentiating Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Severe COVID-19,” has been featured in the editorial of the latest issue of ATVB (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology).
5.30.2024: Our paper on “Unveiling the Immune Dynamics of Neisseria Persistent Oral Colonization” is published in IAI.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/iai.00048-24
5.14.2022: Our paper on “Tissue-localized immune responses in people with cystic fibrosis and respiratory nontuberculous mycobacterial infection” is published in JCI Insight.
https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/157865
3.21.2022: The Liyanage Lab received a NIAID U01 award with Dr. Nicholas Funderburg and Dr. Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo to study The role of Trained Immunity and Mitochondrial dysfunction on INnate immunity in children and adolescents aGing with PHIV (TIMING-PHIV).
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01.01.2022: The Liyanage Lab received pilot funding from the Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity for the project “Investigating the Link Between Dysregulated Immune Responses and Cardiovascular Risk in COVID-19 Survivors.”
This study explores how immune dysregulation following SARS-CoV-2 infection contributes to long-term cardiovascular complications, providing insight into mechanisms underlying post-COVID cardiometabolic risk.
07.01.2021 The Liyanage Lab received an OSU Infectious Diseases Institute Grant for the project “Identifying HIV Vaccine–Induced NK Cell Responses.”
This study investigates how natural killer (NK) cells respond to HIV vaccination using a murine model, aiming to uncover immune mechanisms that can be leveraged to design more effective HIV vaccines.
3.06.2021- 3.10.2021: CROI 2021 Science Spotlight :
2.19.2021: Dr. Rajni Kant Shukla’s abstract titled: “Role of Tonsillar immune cells during SIV infection in Rhesus macaques” was selected to present @ Annual International Scholar Research Exposition sponsored by the Office of International Affairs and the Office of Research@ OSU. ( He was one of the 10 selected to present a Video highlight) … Congratulations .. Rajni !!!
1.26.2021: Our group has won the best virtual poster presentation award for the poster titled ” Potential cardiometabolic risk in severe COVID-19 patients ” @ The Ohio State University, Center for Clinical and Translational Science -Annual Scientific Meeting. Good Job all !!!!
05.10.2019: Nicole left the lab for the Ph.D. program @ Harvard … Congratulations …Nicole
05.10.2019: Manuja Gunasena Joined the lab Welcome …Manuja
04.10.2019: Jerra Furay joined the lab Welcome … Jerra
03.10.2019: Tatum Skladany joined the lab Welcome … Tatum
03.30.2019: Brianna Sisson Joined the lab Welcome …Brianna
11.19.2018: Nicole won the best poster award for Immunology at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference. Congratulations Nicole !!!!!!
11.01.2018: Nicole presented her research work at the 2018 Autumn Undergraduate Research Festival
10.29.2018: Anna Trombetti Joined the lab Welcome … Anna
09.17.2018: Aaron Lynch Joined the lab Welcome … Aaron
08.30.2018: Ronaldo (Miguel) de Real Joined the lab Welcome … Ronaldo
08.30.2018: Mike accepted to the MS program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Congratulations .. Mike
06.08.2018: Anusha Srivastava Joined the lab Welcome … Anusha
06.02.2018: Amal Samaranayake Joined the lab Welcome … Amal
06.01.2018: Rajni Kant Shukla, Ph.D. Joined the lab Welcome … Rajini
05.30.2018: Amila accepted for a Clinical Training program Congratulations .. Amila
05.07.2018: Nicole has accepted for the Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Immunology. Congratulations ..Nicole !!!
04.03.2018: Nicole presented the first poster from the lab at Denman Undergraduate Research Forum at OSU
04.02.2018: Shalini Singh BS. (Rotating Ph.D. student: Biomedical Science Graduate program) Joined the lab. Welcome… Shalini !!!
11.14.2017: Welcome… “Cytek™ Aurora” – Our new flow cytometer
Aurora has three lasers, two scattering channels, and up to 48 fluorescence channels. We are excited to have it for high dimension flow cytometry applications.
09.01.2017: Sam Cray Joined the lab …Welcome... Sam
08.27.2017: Amila Hatharasinghe MB.BS Joined the lab Welcome … Amila
08.20.2017: Nicole Reinhold-Larsson Joined the lab Welcome… Nicole
08.01.2017: Michael Duncan BS, Joined the lab. Welcome... Mike
06.01.2017: Liyanage lab open for business
